Our Story
The SD Project began simply as a vision to seek out young members of my local community whos life struggles prevented their participation in sports. The goal being; to have their participation in sports bring them joy and personal growth opportunities experienced by countless others.
We began reaching out to family, friends, former teammates and coaches over the years. Their donations of equipment and monetary support allowed us to have the means to supply needy children with sporting equipment. By word of mouth, we began finding families in our community in economic distress and children afflicted with mental or physical disabilities that were preventing them from playing team sports. In order to bring them into sports, we delivered new or refurbished equipment.
Our success over the short life of the SD Project has allowed us to help hundreds of players in many communities across the U.S and abroad. We have evolved our community based charity into a global non-profit. Our efforts are personal; having delivered equipment to, as well as shopped a wish list, with our program beneficiaries.
We take pride in the fact that this small , local organization has been able to springboard over the past three years into a far-reaching charity. We have been blessed with lasting teammate connections made through travel AAU, college and minor league baseball that have stepped up to help us fulfill our mission. Now that the organization is a 501(c)(3), we are poised to expand into a larger community and corporate sponsorships. That will allow us to support many more deserving players, fulfilling our mission to bring hope to those who may have lost their own.
I have been blessed to have experienced sports in a community and family that supported my dreams and allowed me to develop my passion and talent into a career. So many similar teammates and coaching partners that I have met along the way agree and support this mission. It is my time to give back in a way that will allow others not experiencing the support I had to also reach their dream, potential and find the joy only sports can provide, I sincerely hope that you feel the same and join this opportunity to help change lives right in front of you and across the globe.